Children Amundsen Rual: why the polar explorer returned foster daughters to Soviet Chukotka Autonomous District

The Norwegian traveler Amundsen Rual, nicknamed "Napoleon of the polar countries", was the convinced bachelor and had no own children. In 1920 during expedition he unexpectedly adopted on Chukotka Autonomous District two girls natives, and in four years so suddenly of them got rid. Kakonita and Camilla In 1918-1921 Amundsen Rual undertook expedition on a schooner of "Fashions" on the Northern Sea Route. On the way to the Bering Strait it wintered on Chukotka Autonomous District, near the cape Serdtse-Kamen. At the researcher of Arctic cordial relations with Chukchi of a settlement of Enurmino were entered into. According to the chairman of the Polar commission...